wall rack and different shelf materials under TT

My concern with Butcher Block which I use under a couple of different components has a lot of glue or boding agent in them. Therefore it is difficult to compare these manyfactured boards like my amps stand which have 3 and 1/2 inched of bonded Maple as the primary shelving material. All I can say is that they seem to work really well. Better than the fake slate the stands came with but thats all I can say. I also like the look of thick wooden boards natural or bonded.FWIW!

So, after some more listening this weekend, I think I am going to go back to the porcelain shelf. One thing I notice is that with the volume all the way down the tonearm seems to be doing more (more / louder pickup) with the porcelain shelf. Why is this / what is actually happening here?

I also plan a hybrid eval with some ebony wood disks between the turntable factory isolation cones / feet and the porcelain shelf.

Anyone need a 3/4x16x16 walnut board? If not, I'll use it for a nice cheese board.

Porcelain back, table leveled and tacking weight double-checked but this time tried some thin weaved leather coasters between the shelf and table. Nice and lively keeping the bass slam but reduced the brightness a little. Looking forward to trying the solid ebony disks next. Cheap tuning is fun, especially when I customized my cabinet rack with a pass through for the DIY wall turntable rack I made. :)

I think I found the right combo for my setup. 15x15x1/4" porcelain tile with small and thin ebony wood pucks between the feet and the porcelain. The pucks have a small hole in the center to fit the tips of the turntable feet. Sounds great!

I got good results from the Mapleshade 2-inch maple board with their rubber/cork/rubber feet under my Ariston RD110. Although my Mana Reference table(under my LP12)was better, I think the Mapleshade(rather than the TT sitting on a cheap rack) is a good benchmark, although I've read here that it can make things sound too dull. I also believe Mapleshade's maple sounds better than my maple cutting boards(under amps). The maple cutting boards are probably kiln-dried, but definitely not of one piece(i.e.glued together). I haven't tried my Sistrum equipment stands on any turntable, but they increased and lowered the bass, and maybe increased depth, under my speakers. My 4-inch Mapleshade maple stand was better than my 3 or 3 1/2 inch maple board on amps and speakers(memory here). I think the $100 for the Mapleshade maple with their footers is money well-spent. BTW, I have many brass footers, and like Mapleshade's triple points on top of a 2-inch Mapleshade maple board, with their rubber/cork/rubber footers(or the cheaper alternative to them), on top of a decent, but cheap, Cambre' timber rack. This is very unstable, but gave a noticeable improvement under my Lingo I power supply for the Linn TT.